Home From the Hospital

After a measly 26 hours of life, Megan was discharged from the hospital and we came down. Yes, it was a short stay, but everything was fine and they gave us the option (which was also cheaper!)

She's Here

Thanks so much for your prayers- Megan Cherie Lyon was born at 3:25 this afternoon in Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City. She's beautiful, weighs 7.5 lbs. and everyone is doing well.

At Last- A New Family Film

Well I finally got the editing/post-production work done on our latest family film. For Rachel's 3rd birthday party we had a princess and the pea theme (you probably saw the cake photos) and we shot footage for a family movie. After a long time deciding on the score and doing some tricky edits, it's finished at last:

Thank You Brad Wright!

Yes- Stargate is my favorite TV show (although I will not be sticking around for Stargate Universe for reasons I may detail some other time). And I was excited to be able to finally see the first episode of the show. Not the movie 'Stargate' but the first episode of 'Stargate SG-1'. Originally the show was made for Showtime which apparently wanted a more adult show, and a consequence is that the first episode of Stargate SG-1 is rated 'R'. That's right- the movie released in theaters was PG-13 and the pilot movie/episode for the TV show was 'R'. And the consequence of that is that I've never seen it since I have standards about that kind of thing.

Why did I finally see it? The makers of Stargate wanted to go back and glitz it up and offer it as a standalone movie on DVD. They re-recorded some voice parts, enhanced the effects, did a lot of re-editing, and yes- they dropped the key things that had made it rated 'R'! Impossible you say? No! They wanted and fought to make a show that was family friendly (although I still wouldn't let kids watch it myself) and now with the opportunity to do it 'right' part of that meant editing out the bad parts.

Thank you Brad Wright and the whole Stargate team!

Grant's 7th Birthday

As of July 23, Grant is now 7 years old. He says he can definitely see that his muscles are bigger and he feels much smarter.

For his birthday this year Grant wanted a Lego party. For some reason my children don't believe you can have a

birthday without having a theme to it. Back in

the old days all birthday parties had the same theme: birthday. Somehow we managed to age just fine. But, as long as they do not choose something repulsive like Hannah Montana or Sponge Bob, I suppose a birthday theme is alright by me, and even kinda fun. We all had a lot of legoey fun with this one. Dave bought a big tub of assorted Legos on ebay and dumped them all out on the kitchen table and most of the party was spent just building. We also had a lovely Lego cake. As gifts Grant of course got Legos: he bought himself a Lego Indiana Jones set with birthday money from Grandma (he has been saving his chore money for this set for over 6 months, which would be impressive if his grand savings total was more than about $5. With the birthday money, his money and a toysrus

coupon, he came home from the store one happy boy) a guest gave him a Star Wars Lego set, he got a

Lego Star Wars Shirt, some awesome Lego Star Wars mini-

figures, and 3 special mini-figs customized to

look like Grant Nina and Rachel.

To be honest, Grant really scores on his birthday. What's his secret? Dave. All those toys that Dave has always wanted but feels silly buying for himself he ends up getting f

or Grant. Luckily their tastes are still at the same age level. As I have told Grant before, being the only boy has a lot of advantages.

In honor of Grants birthday (of course), a new Lego store was opened at a local mall. They had the Grand Opening the day after Grant's birthday. Grant and Dave were there and got to help build a life sized Lego Aretoo Detoo with a master Lego builder. Unfortunately, hundreds of other people were also there, and the lines of people ready to throw down huge sums of money for those little colored bricks were quite long. A bad day to return extra Lego party favors, as Dave found out.

It is now 4 days later and the cake is almost all eaten, but I know I will be picking up Legos for many many years to come. Happy Birthday Grant, We love you!!

Out in Utah This Week

I'll be going out to Utah for a couple of days for some fun-filled all-day business meetings. :) Experience has taught me not to expect time to go around visiting but I'll be at the Fowlers' house on Monday night and my sister Jessica's on Tuesday.

4 of july!

yesterday was the 4th of  course. and it was assume!I got to shake boba  fett's hand and the fireworks was so cool! what happened to you on july 4th? tell me on your comment.